Light is affected by everything it touches. If it touches a glass of water, it *refracts* (bends).
When light passes from air to water, the light is refracted because water is denser than air and therefore slows down the speed of the light.
Laser light bends when passing through water due to a change in the speed of light as it enters a medium with a different refractive index. This change in speed causes the light to change direction, a phenomenon known as refraction.
Yes. As an example, the reason you can see fish in an aquarium or the bottom of a swimming pool is because of the light passing through, or into and out of the water.
Light passing through a transparent medium like glass/water does. Smoke is made of small particles of unburnt carbon, and light passing through is does not get split into a rainbow.
A beam of light passing through a fog of water droplets scatters due to the particles in the fog. This scattering causes the light to be diffused in different directions, creating a hazy or blurred appearance.
Light travels through water by passing from one water molecule to another through a process called refraction. This causes the light to change direction slightly as it moves through the water. The speed of light in water is slower than in air, which is why objects underwater appear distorted or shifted.
Water is affected by light by a small temperature rise (depending on the intensity of the the light) and the light will make the water become illuminated.
The medium through which the emitted light of a torch passes will not affect the battery life of the torch. The battery life of the torch will be the same if you are shining it through air, glass, water, or anything else.
No. A rainbow is created by water vapour and light passing through it therefore its not something that is weight bearing
Not in many ways, if a prism is placed in water, then it will refract light. Light is already scattered even when passing through clear water, so the refraction is very hard to see.
When light bends, it is passing through a medium with a different optical density, such as air to water or glass. This change in medium causes the speed of light to change, resulting in refraction or bending of the light rays.
The critical angle of light passing from glass to water is minimum when the light is passing from a denser medium (glass) to a rarer medium (water), which is when the light travels along the normal. At this orientation, the critical angle is the smallest possible value for the glass-water interface.